Portable standpipe



Jan. 5, 1937. J, T, CORLEY `2,067,044

PORTABLE STANDPIPE Filed March 5,1929 2 sheets-snaai 1 h llll A TTORNEYS.

Jan. 5, 1937.

J. T. CORLEY PORTABLE STANDPIPE Filed March 5, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INV EN TOR.

ATTORNEYS.

Patented Jan. 5, 1937 UNITED STATI-:s

PATENT OFFICE 2,067,044 PORTABLE STANDPIPE Application March 5, 1929,Serial No. 344,338

5 Claims.

This invention relates to a turret standpipe; and has for its object toprovide a portable standpipe which will be firmly supported when restingupon a floor or the ground while in operation without being manuallyheld or attended.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a portable turretstandpipe with a pair of supporting arms which may be folded to liealong the standpipe when not in use but which may be swung to extend atright angles to the st-andpipe when in operation to firmly support thesame and prevent the standpipe from tipping.

With these and other objects in view, the n- Vention consists of certainnovel features of construction, as will be more fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:`

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the standpipe with the arms in foldedposition.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the standpipe with portions broken awayshowing the arms in extended position.

Fig. 4 is an end view of a portion of the standpipe shown in Fig. 3 andshowing the arms in extended position.

Fig. 5 is a perspective View of one of the arms.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view showing the pin for holding the arms indifferent adjusted positions.

In the use of turret standpipes for fire fighting, it has beencustom-ary to xedly support the standpipe on a fire fighting truck to bemanipulated therefrom as if taken from the truck, several men would berequired to hold the standpipe in a position fo-r advantageousoperation, and in order to provide a standpipe which will rest on agenerally fiat surface without being manually held, I have provided apair of arms which may be extended at right angles to the body of thedevice having spurs at their extremities to cooperate with feet at theopposite end of the device to provide a substantially three-pointsuspension for supportin-g the standpipe on a generally flat althosomewhat rough or uneven surface such as encountered in re fighting; andthe following is a detailed description of the present embodiment ofthis invention illustrating the preferred means by which theseadvantageous results may be accomplished:

With reference to the drawings, I0 designates the body of the turretst-'andpipe having inlet openings II, I2, and I3 at one end thereof andis turned upwardly by an elbow member I4 at its discharge end to whichupturned portion the head I6 is swivelly mounted. This head is of thecustomary Y-construction having parts I'I and I8 with inturned endsbetween which the member I9 of the nozzle 26 is swingingly mounted,while a suitable shut off valve 2| having a manu-ally operated handle 22is located in the member I9 for controlling the flow of water thru thenozzle.

A front plate 23 extends across the body of the standpipe and at eachside of this plate there is pivotally mounted an arm 24 having abifurcated end with portions 25 and 26 having openings 21 and 28 thereinto receive a pivot pin 29 having a spur 3|] at one end thereof tohingedly mount the arm 24 so that it may be moved to the folded positionillustrated in Fig. 1, substantiallyV parallel with the body portion ofthe standpipe when the device is not in use or may be swung to theextended or spread position, illustrated in Fig. 3, at right angles tothe body of the device when in operative position. Spurs 3| are providedon the free ends of the arms and when the arms are extended they arewidely spread and cooperate with the closely spaced spurs 32 extendingfrom a point adjacent the inlet end of the body to provide asubstantially three-point support for the standpipe when the arms are inthis spread position.

Spurs 3| and 32 have their extremities in substantially the same planeto support the body I0 parallel to the surface engaged by these spurs,while auxiliary spurs 36 are provided on the ends of pivot pins 29, thetips of which are inset inwardly from the plane of the spurs 3| and 32so that they will not come into engagement with the supporting surfaceuntil the spurs 3| have parti-ally imbedded themselves into a softsupport such as soft ground or the like upon which the device may happento be positioned in which softened surface it is desired to haveadditional holding means for the standpipe, in order that it may be morermly supported to resist the tendency of pressure of the Water passingthru a pipe to move it.

The arms 24 are held in extended position by a pin 34 extending into anopening 35 in the arcshaped bifurcated part 26 and held in foldedposition when the pin 34 engages the opening 36 in this same part. Thispin is movably mounted in the face plate 23 and forced into position toextend into the said openings by means of a spring 31 engaging ashoulder 38 of the pin 34 at one end and an abutment 39 on the plate atthe other end. The pin is lifted from engaging position by a handle 4I)after which the arm 24 may be swung until the next opening comes intoregistry with the pin whereupon the spring forces the pin into thisopening to prevent further movement of the arm until again lifted by thehandle 40. However, when desired to move the arm 24 from folded positionto a position at right angles to the body, the handle must be held inorder that the pin will drop into one of the openings 35 and 36 whileany desired range of .swing of the arm 24 may be had by providing` asuiciently long arc portion 26 with an opening to receive the lockingpin.

A turret standpipe, as here illustrated, with the elbow member I4 fordirecting the stream of water upward and the nozzle member in theposition illustrated in Fig. 2, or substantially parallel with the bodyIll, so compensates or balances the force of the water that there ispractically no pressure upon the outlet end of the body tending to forcethe legs or spurs 3| and 30 onto the support so that when the nozzle isin this position the front or outlet end of the body may be moved by asingle person at will, and under certain conditions in operation, I havefound that the pressure of the water going thru the pipe with thisupturned elbow, is such that the feet and spurs 30 and 3l do not restupon the ground but are lifted from the supporting surf-ace as high asan inch or two showing that there is no weight whatever on the forwardend when the nozzle is in the position illustrated in Fig. 2. However,as the nozzle is raised to an angular position such that the line ofstream directed therefrom if extended rearwardly from the nozzle wouldfall between the spurs 32 and 30 then the pressure begins to actslightly upon the forward spurs 33 and when the nozzle is perpendicularthe maximum pressure is on the spurs 3D and 3| which bite into theground with a force far less than that experienced in the standpipe ofthe construction illustrated in my copending Patent No. 1,738,421, ledDecember 15, 1927.

The foregoing description is directed solely towards the constructionillustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve theprivilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the deviceis susceptible, the invention being dened and limited only by the termsof the Vappended claims.

I claim:

1. A portable turret standpipe for re hose, comprising a tubular bodymember having inlet openings at one end and an outlet opening at itsopposite end, and a pair of arms pivotally mounted on opposite sides ofthe body member to swing from a folded position substantially parallelwith the pipe to an extended position at substantially right angles tothe pipe, a pin reciprocatably mounted on said body member for each arm,each arm having a portion with a plurality of openings therein locatedto pass beneath said pin when swung on its pivotal mounting, and meansfor shifting said pin to engage one of said openings and lock the armsin the desired position.

2. A portable turret standpipe for fire hose, comprising a tubular bodymember having inlet openings at one end and an outlet opening at itsopposite end, and a pair of arms pivotally mounted on opposite sides ofthe body member to swing from a folded position substantially parallelwith the pipe to an extended position at substantially right angles tothe pipe, a pin reciprocatably mounted on said body member for each arm,each arm having a portion with a plurality of openings therein locatedto pass beneath said pin when swung on its pivotal mounting, and aspring for shifting and holding said pin in an opening when swung intoregistry with said pin.

3. A portable turret standpipe for fire hose, comprising a tubular bodymember having inlet openings at one end and an outlet opening at itsopposite end, a pair of arms pivotally mounted on opposite sides of thebody member to swing from a folded position substantially parallel withthe pipe to an extended position at substantially right angles to thepipe, a pin reciprocatably mounted on said body member for each arm,each arm having a portion with a plurality of openings therein locatedto pass beneath said pin when swung on its pivotal mounting, a springfor shifting and holding said pin in an opening when swung into registrywith said pin, and a handle portion on said pin for manually withdrawingsaid pin from holding position.

4. A support arm fora turret standpipe or the like, comprising a onepiece metal body portion having a foot at one end thereof provided witha ground engaging calk, and a pivot engaging device at the other endthereof, said pivot engaging device having a plurality of openingstherethrough, said calk and said pivot engaging device being positionedtransverse to said body portion.

l 5. An elbow member for a turret standpipe or the like, comprising anelbow portion and a transverse support plate integral therewithandpositioned at the outer bend of said elbow portion and extendinorlaterally from each side thereof said support plate having pivotmountings at the ends thereof.

JOHN T. CORLEY.

